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A photo of yesterday
In search of yesterdays | March 15th 2008 by Rose
A brother and sister at about the time of the Great War. read more
Of things past. In search of yesterdays.
In search of yesterdays | March 4th 2008 by Rose
Two photos of the author from when he was at school. Perhaps fifteen to seventeen years of age. I am showing these because there are times when I wonder if I was ever young and carefree. I don't regret the past but society was indeed very rigid in th read more
Cyprus, 1959; In search of yesterdays.
In search of yesterdays | February 26th 2008 by Rose
The author and local transport, probably when he was based at Xeros with the Black Watch. read more
That green and pleasant land.
In search of yesterdays | February 24th 2008 by Rose
An English village. Milverton, Somersetshire. read more
A wedding from yesterday. In search of yesterdays.
In search of yesterdays | February 22nd 2008 by Rose
A wedding in England.The groom was Australian. Everybody present was from the Bahamas.That was yesterday. Where are they today? read more
The Black Watch in Cyprus. 1958-1960. Memories of yesterday
In search of yesterdays | February 17th 2008 by Rose
Towards the end of 1959 the battalion moved down to the new British enclave of Dhekelia in the South East of the island. This had a brand new barracks in it with all the regimental bull that went with it. The old colonel and RSM had moved on to othe read more
The Black Watch in Cyprus 1958-1960. Part 2
In search of yesterdays | February 16th 2008 by Rose
In the spring we moved up to relieve the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Xeros. I was in the advance party. It was always agreeable to be detached from the regiment. There were some Royal Signals on this base who wore civilian clothes. When the battalion a read more
Scenes from Istanbul. Late 1950s
In search of yesterdays | February 8th 2008 by Rose
A leave taken in Istanbul and thereabouts at the end of the 1950s.The author was stationed in Cyprus at that time with the Black Watch. read more
The march past of Framlingham College Cadet Force 1956. Memories…
In search of yesterdays | February 3rd 2008 by Rose
The annual march past of the Framlingham College Cadet Force. Probably in the summer of 1956.A fine upstanding activity for young men to teach them the discipline and duty necessary to take them through life and defend the further reaches of the Brit read more
Happy holidays by the sea. Memories of yesterdays.
In search of yesterdays | January 30th 2008 by Rose
Those happy family holidays by the sea.I imagine these photos were taken during the war. The hotels were nearly deserted. Beaches were often completely empty of people. In fact I have always associated the ideal holiday with war. Only the hardy are t read more
The shared comradeship of yesterday. Memories of Yesterdays
In search of yesterdays | January 25th 2008 by Rose
A group of Upper Sixth boys from Stradbroke House, Framlingham College.Five boys gathered together in a study for a farewell drink probably in 1957.Of course drink like smoking was utterly banned in those days.The Upper Sixth were of course a law unt read more
The Black Watch. Berlin.1957. In Search of Yesterdays.
In search of yesterdays | October 3rd 2007 by Rose
There was something about Berlin in 1957. To a young man of eighteen it held a fascination and a chance for adventure. It perhaps needed much experience in life to be able to master it satisfactorily.Life with the Ist Battalion Black Watch was a cont read more
Goodbye Perth, we're off to Berlin. Memories of the Black Watch.
In search of yesterdays | September 2nd 2007 by Rose
The noble Duke of York,He had ten thousand men.He marched them up to the top of a hilland then he marched them down again.Square bashing, route marches, CB or confined to barracks. More drill, more gymnastics, push ups, pull ups, hours on the rifle r read more
Some thoughts on school. Memories of Framlingham College
In search of yesterdays | August 23rd 2007 by Rose
So, our boy's formal school education was finished. What had he achieved?He still didn't exactly understand the difference between AC and DC. He hadn't a clue about the human reproductive system as his biology had stopped before the frog. He did, tho read more
A cycle tour in France. Memories of Framlingham College
In search of yesterdays | August 17th 2007 by Rose
One year our boy went to France on a cycling tour. He'd already been to Switzerland with a skiing party, but thought he'd like the freedom of travelling on the continent alone. He rejoined the Youth Hostel Association from which he'd been kicked out read more
The Beer Barrel. Memories of Framlingham College.
In search of yesterdays | August 15th 2007 by Rose
After speech day there was a long weekend before the cadet force went off to summer camp. School uniforms were packed in trunks and sent off home. The boys donned their cadet uniforms and generally spent a pleasant time. Most of the masters had all t read more
In search of adventure. Part 1. Framlingham College memories.
In search of yesterdays | August 12th 2007 by Rose
The family no longer took holidays together. The father had moved to Jamaica and the older brother was still sailing the world. The previous year our boy had spent his holiday working on a fishing trawler and had been terribly seasick. He much prefer read more
The Chamber Pots. Memories of boarding school. Framlingham Colleg…
In search of yesterdays | August 11th 2007 by Rose
At the end of the summer term there was a Speach Day. This was where a Personality was invited to present prizes to those boys who had excelled in the academic field rather than on the sport's field. Proud parent's came down and visitors of note were read more
Our boy is saved from expulsion. Framlingham College. England
In search of yesterdays | August 9th 2007 by Rose
When our boy was at prep school he spent six years in the cubs and scouts. A very sound training to teach initiative and honesty. It was then considered natural that all boys should spend four years in the cadets to complete their training to face li read more
The Roll Call. Framlingham College. England
In search of yesterdays | August 6th 2007 by Rose
Our boy had a close shave when he went to the cinema one evening. Of course he shouldn't have been there in the first place, but breaking out of bounds and going to see a film was good for morale even if he risked dire punishment. He disguised himsel read more
Audacity is good for one's soul. Framlingham College. England
In search of yesterdays | August 5th 2007 by Rose
So not much academic progress was made by our boy. In biology he began with the amoeba which if he remembers correctly was a one celled organism. As he stopped before the frog he didn't make much progress. There was of course no explication of the bi read more
A Spirit of Revolt. Framlingham College. England
In search of yesterdays | August 3rd 2007 by Rose
The boys were not helpless when authority overstepped the mark.There was a simple method for dealing with prefects. When the unpopular prefect who needed to be taught a lesson was in charge of a line up the procedure was this. There were always line read more
The Sick Bay. Framlingham College. England
In search of yesterdays | August 1st 2007 by Rose
One didn't fall sick at boarding school. Whooping cough, scarlet fever, mumps, measles, you name it our boy had had it. At prep school boys fell sick like nine pins. He could of course always hoodwink his mother with supposed temperatures when the ho read more
Idleness makes for a slothful child. Framlingham College, Suffolk…
In search of yesterdays | July 30th 2007 by Rose
Idleness is akin to slothfulness so having had their day of rest in God's company purifying their minds and souls the boys were now kept busy from Monday to Saturday.It was possible to stay in bed until the second bell, jump up, get dressed, fly down read more
Sunday Chapel. Sunday is a day off, but? Framlingham College, Eng…
In search of yesterdays | July 28th 2007 by Rose
Sunday was the day off. One got to lie in in the morning. Except. If one didn't show up to take communion one got the Padre on one's back. Lie in in bed an extra hour and be damned. Get up and go to Chapel and be praised.At ten o'clock there was a Su read more
Oliver Twist would have been at home. Framlingham College. Englan…
In search of yesterdays | July 26th 2007 by Rose
The food was as bad as ever. At prep school there had perhaps been the excuse of rationing but here it no longer applied. It could be said to be part of the training to put up with the hardships of life. The real reason probably was that the establis read more
Tom Brown's Schoolday's Remembered. Framlingham College, England
In search of yesterdays | July 24th 2007 by Rose
In this school he was set another of those trials which were part of the system to shape the character of the empire's young men. All boys were addressed by their family names. By the masters and the boys to each other. This was as it had always been read more
The joys of a new boarding school. England
In search of yesterdays | July 22nd 2007 by Rose
By some miracle his mother got him packed off to boarding school a year later. His brother was off sailing to foreign places with the Royal Navy. All over the Meditteranean, to the exotic islands of the West Indies with their lovely triangular postag read more
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